| Research Abstract |
We discussed the new sociological concept, the public embedded in ordinary daily life,and make sure that this concept is useful for the empirical studies on urban environmentand urban space. We actually study many case of urban space in Japan, China, Italy and Germany.The concept , the public embedded in ordinary daily life is not only the key term for empirical international comparative studies, but also critical key co ncept that play important role in the reconstruction process of sociological theory. We think that sociological theory in now in crisis and that we can find resolution through the discussion of the concept , the public embedded in ordinary daily life.We published three books ; The Transformation of the Publicness in East Asia (Keio University Press, 2010, in Japanese), The Publicness from Local Community (Minelva Press, 2010, in Japanese), The Comparative Study of the Publicness, (Social Science Academic Press (China), 2013, in English), and Final report (A Comparative Sociological Study on the Publicness in Ordinary Daily Life of Urban Environment, 2013, Nagoya university , in Japanese,).We hold special session titled the Public Embedded in Ordinary Daily Life and ComparativeStudies in the Japanese Sociological Association Annual Meeting at Sapporo in 2012, inviting 6 abroad scholars.
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